Ilya Gringolts, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrey Boreyko – Tchaikowsky: Violin Concerto Classico – Kancheli: Libera me (Quasi-Requiem) [Live] (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:38 minutes | 577 MB | Genre: Classical
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Despite the rather numerous and diverse orchestral line-up, the idea of concertare has a more chamber-like character here. The soloist is usually not directly confronted with the massive sound of a full orchestral tutti, but rather is involved in dialogues and interactions with small groups of instruments. With exceptional naturalness, André Tchaikowsky managed to achieve in this concerto a balance between solo violin and a full-scale symphony orchestra, employing textures of a linear, quasi-polyphonic character – enriched, however, by intense and refined harmony and contrapuntal devices drawing on the Baroque tradition.
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